9 Dandy Turned Hero

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Figures ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 3
6. The Urban Canadian Grandparents 10
7. The Upper Country Ojibwa Grandparent 18
8. Charles Sr’s Fur Trade Career 29
9. Charles and Charlotte in Montreal 40
10. A Wild Man’s Land and a World of Virgil 50
11. Farmer and Cavalryman 60
12. Ojibwa Chief and Montreal Police Officer 74
13. Soldier, Clerk, and a Last Adventure 85
14. Dandy Turned Hero 98
15. Suppressing Riots in Montreal 106
16. Murder, Militia, and Military Intelligence 119
17. “The Girls Have Turned out to Be Fine Women” 132
18. A Lost Past, a Future Unattained 143
19. Appendix A: Extract from John Bigsby’s Journal, 1850 149
20. Appendix B: Petitions of Charlotte Katawabidai 154
21. Appendix C: Two Brothers, Charles and George 160
22. Appendix D: Charles Oakes, An Honest Man? 162
23. Appendix E: Lawrence and Jemima’s Other Children 165
24. Notes 168
25. Bibliography 190
26. Index 201